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'Controls - How to add Pop Up menu to Text Box Control

Option Explicit
 
'Add a Text Box to your form. Add a Menu (Name it MyMenu) and at least one Sub Menu.

Private Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
    ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
 
Public Sub OpenContextMenu(FormName As Form, MenuName As Menu)
    Call SendMessage(FormName.hwnd, WM_RBUTTONDOWN, 0, 0&)
    FormName.PopupMenu MenuName
End Sub
 
Private Sub Text1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If Button = vbRightButton Then Call OpenContextMenu(Me, Me.MyMenu)
End Sub